Denton Corker Marshall is an international architecture practice based in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia.

History

Denton Corker Marshall was established in Melbourne,

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

, in 1972. It was founded by architects John Denton, Bill Corker, and Barrie Marshall.

Description and work

While Melbourne remains the design base, the firm has additional practices in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

, and

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, with over 510 projects in 37 different countries. In Australia, Denton Corker Marshall is best known for landmark buildings such as the

Melbourne Museum The Melbourne Museum is a natural and cultural history museum located in the Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. Located adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building, the museum was opened in 2000 as a project of t ...

, which features a "blade" section of roof rising to 35 metres, enclosing a small rainforest, the

Melbourne Exhibition Centre The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, colloquially referred to as "Jeff's Shed," is a group of three adjacent buildings next to the Yarra River in South Wharf, Victoria, South Wharf, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Austra ...

, which has a roof resembling a giant aircraft wing, and the Melbourne Gateway and Bolte Bridge, both part of the

CityLink CityLink is a network of tollways in Melbourne, Australia, linking the Tullamarine, West Gate and Monash Freeways and incorporating Bolte Bridge, Burnley Tunnel and other works. In 1996, Transurban was awarded the contract to augment two exi ...

project. The firm's work in Australia has been frequently and variously described as modernist, minimalist, sculptural and heroic. The practice has been consistently publicized in awards series, news and magazines in the past decades in addition to being covered in several monographic publications. Other projects by the practice include the multi-award-winning

Manchester Civil Justice Centre Manchester Civil Justice Centre is a governmental building in Manchester, England. Completed in 2007, it houses Manchester's county court and the Manchester District Registry of the High Court, the city's family proceedings court, the distric ...

, a new visitors' centre at

Stonehenge Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around high, wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connectin ...

, Sydney's

Governor Phillip Tower The Governor Phillip Tower, the Governor Macquarie Tower, and the Museum of Sydney are the main elements of a large development in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Completed in 1994, the property development ...

, the

Museum of Sydney The Museum of Sydney is a historical collection and exhibit, built on the ruins of the house of New South Wales' first Governor, Arthur Phillip, on the present-day corner of Phillip and Bridge Street, Sydney. Description The original house, ...

, extensions to the

Australian War Memorial The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in wars involving the Commonwealth of Australia and some conflicts involving pe ...

and Australian

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Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

and

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. The Australian Embassy in Beijing was the practice's first China project, establishing the practice's strong association with China over three decades. In recent years Denton Corker Marshall’s work has extended to more than 20 cities in Asia. In 2015, Denton Corker Marshall were selected to build the Australian Pavilion for the

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

People

In 2005, John Denton was appointed as the first

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for Victoria for a two-year term. he is chairperson of the board at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA). He is a Life Fellow of the

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(RAIA), and in 1996 received the RAIA Gold Medal.

Notable projects

Denton Corker Marshall has designed some of

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's landmark buildings including the following major architectural projects:

Gallery

Image:101 collins street melbourne.jpg, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne Image:Manchester_Civil_Justice_Centre_from_Bridge_Street.jpg, Manchester Civil Justice Centre, Manchester Image:Melbourne museum exterior panorama.jpg, Melbourne Museum Image:Melbourne Exhibition Centre.jpg, Melbourne Exhibition Centre Image:Bolte_Bridge_at_Night.jpg, Bolte Bridge at Night, Melbourne Image:TullamarineFwy.jpg, Citylink sound tube, Melbourne Image:South-Bank-Parklands-Arbour.jpg, Grand Arbour, Southbank Parklands, Brisbane Image:Arbour-at-South-Bank-Parklands.jpg, Grand Arbour, Southbank Parklands, Brisbane Image:Brisbane Square July 06.jpg, Brisbane Square, during construction Image:Museum_of_Sydney.jpg, Museum of Sydney, Sydney

References

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* {{authority control Architecture firms of Australia Recipients of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal Architecture firms based in Victoria (Australia)